City Streets Deserted, Snowball Hits Limo

Reuters | January 21, 2005

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Metro buses block an intersection in Washington DC as the city is locked down for the presidential inauguration, January 20, 2005. Police sealed off a 100-block area in central Washington for President Bush's inauguration, turning much of the usually bustling center of the U.S. capital into a ghost town of deserted streets and barricades. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

A snowball melts on the side of a limousine as Vice President Richard Cheney waves during the inaugural parade in Washington, January 20, 2005. Flag-draped coffins and anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance on Thursday at the inauguration of President George W. Bush along the snow-dusted, barricaded streets of central Washington. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer